Sunday, September 15, 2013

Solved "the cat problem"

Gibson is a "helper". He likes to be on top of whatever I'm doing - and I mean this quite literally. He likes to be ON TOP of whatever I'm doing. I was doing some cutting the other evening with my big 6"x 24" ruler, and accidentally poked Gibby in his fatness with the corner of my ruler. He immediately bit a rather large furrow into the palm of my hand in retaliation.

For the record, this isn't unusual behaviour for Gibby-doo. He's a biter. And I've often been bit whilst at my cutting or sewing table if I nudge, poke, or otherwise jostle him.

I took up my spray bottle (which I keep on hand to spritz when pressing fabric) and gave him a shot or three of water. He hasn't been atop-table since. But he still likes to hang out. Here he is on Itty Bitty's unmade bed (who returned to university last week) keeping an eye on things.

I have spent much of the week piecing the back of another quilt. This photo shows a back - folded in half - all in country blues. I wish I could take a photo of the whole thing, but I don't have enough hands to help me anymore.The reason I'm working on all of these backings is because I'm on a push to finish a stack of quilts. You see, I was invited to present at the local quilt guild for the December meeting, the theme being thrifty quilting (which I do consider myself quite an expert, if I do say so myself!). I took three to my long arm quilter on Monday, and have another three to take over to her yet.